Jeff Ortiz for City Council...of Nederland
By Karl-Thomas Musselman
Since July, I have been in touch with someone who at the age of 22 is likely one of the youngest challengers for a city council seat in Texas. His name is Jeff Ortiz and he is off an running for a May 7, 2005 election for City Council in the City of Nederland, near Beaumont.
As a young person, it inspires me when other young people decide to become involved in their communities and bring about a different voice and view in communities across this state where they are sometimes not heard.
In an e-mail exchange earlier, I garnered the following statement from Jeff about the nature of the race, 9 months out.
"The median age of the city council is probably around 70 years old. In the last Mayoral election this past May only 10 percent of the registered voters voted. Not a good ratio for a newcomer. I am very confident on winning though."
Read up on his vision, and heck, even throw some jingle his way. Though I'm sure that most of your Burnt Orange reading fiends are not from Nederland, We're Texas (to borrow UT's advertising line) and so I'm going to serve our readers no matter which rock they may be hiding under in this great state.
Posted by Karl-Thomas Musselman at September 8, 2004 02:37 PM
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